Cumberland Gap

The Figs

Cumberland Gap Lyrics by The Figs

1, 2, 1, 2, Three Verse 1 They Say Somewhere Down South There's A Man Who's Headed Sideways Sling On His Back Not A Nickle Upon His Last Name Just A Few Hymns And A Voice He Swears He'll Find Someday Says He'll Check In The Cumberland Gap Then He's Headed On Home Was A Man On The Old Frontier Needed Nothing But His Own Two Ears Carving Life Out Of Blood And Tears With His Calloused Hands But The Lord Had Another Way Sent A Wind Upon The Earth That Day All He Had It Was Blown Away Like A Hill Of Sand Oh Oh Ohhh Oh Oh Oh He-Ey Hey Verse 2 As The Dust Settled 'Neath The Sky Felt The Scales A-Falling From His Eyes He Was Washed In A Blinding Light And A Golden Song Saying Boy I Got Plans For You Crazy Stories But They'll All Come True Not A Thing That You Gotta Do But To Come Along Chorus I Can Hear It When They Say Somewhere Down South There's A Man Who's Headed Sideways Sling On His Back Not A Nickle Upon His Last Name Just A Few Hymns And A Voice He Swears He'll Find Someday Says He'll Check In The Cumberland Gap Then He's Headed On Home Ay Ay Ay Ay He’s On Home Oh Oh Oh Oh Verse 3 And He Sang As The Years Went By How The Mississippi Ran Bone Dry But He Prayed By The Riverside Till The Heavens Poured How He Spoke In An Ancient Tongue Saw The Crippled And A Dead Man Run Thought It Strange When It First Begun Now It's All That He Knows Chorus I Can Hear It When They Say Somewhere Down South There's A Man Who's Headed Sideways Sling On His Back Not A Nickle Upon His Last Name Just A Few Hymns And A Voice He Swears He'll Find Someday Says He'll Check In The Cumberland Gap Then He's Headed On Home Oh Oh Oh Oh He's Heading On Home He's Heading On Home Interlude Verse 4 There He Stood In The Morning Light Wrinkled Edges And His Hair Snow White Looked At Me, Said There's More To Write But It's Yours To Pen Headed Straight For The Sun At Last Up The Hill And He Was Gone Like That Could Have Sworn That I Heard Him Laugh From The Other Side Outro I Can Hear It When They Say Somewhere Down South There's A Man Who's Headed Sideways Sling On His Back Not A Nickle Upon His Last Name Just A Few Hymns And A Voice He Swears He'll Find Someday Says He'll Check In The Cumberland Gap Then He's Headed On Home